1988
In this year, the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de
Telecomunicación (ETSIT) was created at the University of Malaga.
In its more than three decades of activity, the ETSIT pioneered
research in telecommunications in Andalusia, having trained a
large number of researchers through its PhD Program, many of them
internationally well-known prestigious researchers nowadays, and
has established itself as a national and European benchmark in in
telecommunications engineering research. This fact has resulted in
recent years in a notable improvement of indicators such as the
number of high impact scientific publications, conference
presentations, public funded research projects, participation in
European Projects and Networks of Excellence and contracts with
private companies. Currently, the ETSIT of Malaga is considered
one of the most prestigious centers in the country, having
demonstrated its excellent professional training degrees in both
the national and international markets.
1992
Another relevant milestone took place with the inauguration, in
1992, of the Andalusia Technology Park (PTA) in Malaga. Today, the
Malaga Tech Park enjoys a well-deserved international prestige,
being recognized as one of the most successful technology parks in
the world and being considered a role model, having received
numerous awards. It is worthy to emphasize the intense
relationship between the ETSIT and the corporate universe of the
Malaga Tech Park, located only a few kilometers away. This
relationship has facilitated the interexchange between teaching,
research, development and innovation.
1993
The Andalusian Institute of Millimeter Waves was created on April
19, 1993 by agreement between the Junta de Andalucía, the Parque
Tecnológico de Andalucía and the Universidad de Málaga. The staff
of the Instituto Andaluz de Ondas Milimétricas was composed of the
members of the research group TIC-102 'Ingeniería de
Comunicaciones' of the Junta de Andalucía.
1997
In February, the representatives of the research groups TIC-102
'Communication Engineering' and TIC-125 'Integrated Systems
Engineering' requested the extension of the design of the
Institute of Millimeter Waves, justified by the significant
increase in research activity in the field of Telecommunications
at the University of Malaga and the need to enhance collaboration
between researchers with common interests.
2011-2013
The proposal for transforming the Millimeter Wave Institute into
the Telecommunications Research Institute was taken up. The group
of researchers interested in an Institute of these characteristics
grew over time and, in those years, there were already three PAIDI
groups of the Junta de Andalucía promoting this transformation
(the two research groups mentioned above were joined by the
TIC-171 'Advanced Interface Design' group).
2019
Finally, in February 2019, the Report of the ‘Telecommunications
Research Institute of the Universidad de Malaga’ is presented. The
external evaluation requested by the Research Commission of the
University of Malaga resulted in an excellent score. The
application was approved by the Governing Council of the
University of Malaga on May 28, 2019 and, subsequently, in its
July 2019 session, by the Social Council.
2020
After the public information process, the Directorate of
Evaluation and Accreditation of the Andalusian Knowledge Agency
(DEVA-AAC), authorized the creation of the Telecommunication
Research Institute of the University of Malaga (TELMA) by Decree
98/2020, July 14; BOJA no. 137, July 17, 2020.
2021
Professor Carlos Camacho Peñalosa was elected as the first
official Head of TELMA.
